Owner-reported complaints naming the engine system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the engine itself — including stalling, misfires, oil consumption, cooling and internal engine components. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2005 Nissan Murano submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 51 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
The 25 most recent of 51, in the owner's own words
THE CADILLAC CONVERTERS ARE JUNK AND YOU GUYS OUGHTA BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF FOR NOT RECALL AND I'M ON ALL THE ONES THAT THEY'VE ALL HAD PROBLEMS WITH BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL AND IT'S NOT A CHEAP FIX JUST HAD ONE FIX NOW THE OTHER 2 WENT OUT AND I HAVEN'T EVEN HAD THE VEHICLE 30 DAYS. *TR
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY MY CAR WAS DOING 2 RPM EVEN WHEN I PRESSED MY GAS PEDTAL DOWN TO THE FLOOR IT WOULDN'T REV UP WHICH OLNY CAUSE THE CAR THE CAR TO DO 10MPH ONCED IT REACHED 15MPH IT JUST SHUT OFF AS I WAS DRVING ON THE HIGHWAY THANK GOD IT WAS KIND OF LATE SO I WAS ABLE TO STEER MY CAR ON THE SHOULDER I WAITED A GOOD 10 TO 15 MINUTES THEN IT STARTED BACK UP STILL HAVING ROUGH IDLE PROBLEMS THE NEXT DAY TOOK IT TO THE SHOP AND TROUBLE SHOOTING CODES POPPED UP REGARDING BOTH O2 SENSORS BEING REPLACED, I FIXED THE PROBLEM THEN A MONTH LATER MY CAR STARTED JERKING AS I DRIVE TOOK IT BACK TO MY MECHANIC THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR WENT BAD SO I ENDED UP REPLACING THAT SENOR AS WELL WHICH NOW MY CAR ONLY REACHES A MAXIUM OF 55MPH I DON'T DRIVE MY CAR ON THE HIGHWAY DUE TO MY CAR STILL HAVING IDLE ISSUES AND NOW I NOTICE MY CAR BURNS OIL REALLY FAST AND MY OLI LIGHT INDICATOR DON'T POP UP ON THE DASH BOARD LIKE IT SUPPOSE TO THE ONLY WAY I KNOW MY CAR NEEDS OIL NOW IS WHEN I HEAR LIKE A FAN NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, NISSAN YOU GUYS REALLY NEED TO TAKE THIS CAR OFF THE MARKET AS I HAVE READ IM NOT THE ONLY DRIVER HAVING THIS ISSUE WITH THIS SVU ITS RASING SAFETY CONCERNS THEIR ARE 960 COMPLAINTS!!! I USE MY CAR TO GET BACK AND FOURTH TO WORK, TAKE MY DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL AND I HAVE NO MONEY TO BUY A NEW CAR PLEASE FIX THIS PROBLEM!!!! ITS NOT RIGHT TO KEEP THIS CAR ON THE MARKET. *TR
I RECENTLY BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE AND I'LL BE DRIVING AND MY ENGINE WILL STALL LIKE IT'S GOING TO DIE AND THEN THE LIGHT COMES ON THAT SAYS SLIP AND VDC OFF I BELIEVE IT IS SAYING THAT THIS RECALL WAS INCOMPLETE ON THIS VEHICLE CAN YOU PLEASE REPLYTHE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION WHEN THIS IS HAPPENING AND IT IS HAPPENING EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE VEHICLE
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE CITY ROAD AND IT JUST FELT LIKE THE CAR SHUT OFF AND NO LONGER GOT GAS ALMOST LIKE AN ALTERNATOR WOULD DO I COULD PUT IT IN PARK AND THERE WOULD STILL BE POWER YOU COULD HEAR THE ENGINE AGAIN I WOULD PUT IT BACK IN DRIVE OR EVEN TRIED A LOW GEAR NO GEARS WAS MAKING MY CAR MOVE BUT IT WOULD MAKE SOUND IN PARKTHE BATTERY LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHT THEN CAME ON AND MY CAR DIED SHORTLY AFTER COMPLETELY ALREADY WORKWHILE STUDYING YOUR RECALLS I NOTICED THE MAKE AND MODEL OF MY CAR HAD CERTAIN RECALLS WITH THE ALTERNATOR OF FAULTY WIRE IN IT WHEN I TRY TO REPORT THIS THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE WRONG BATCH BUT IT'S FUNNY MY CAR IS DOING THE SAME THING DO TO MY CAR DOING THIS YOU CAN NO LONGER MOVE YOUR VEHICLE SO IT IS DANGEROUS IT STOPS YOU RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD YOU CANNOT GAS IT TO GO YOUR WEBSITE MENTIONS A FAILSAFE MODE THAT IT MAY HAVE FELL INTO
TAKATA RECALL, I CHANGED ALL THEE COIL PACKS, ALTERNATOR, STARTER, BATTERIES, OIL CHANGE ON TIME BUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD NEVER GO OFF. THE CAR HAS STALLED ON ME SEVERAL TIMES ALMOST CAUSING ACCIDENTS (SEVERAL TIMES). MY CAR WOULD SMOKE SOOO BAD WHEN I STOP AND THAT WAS BECAUSE THE MOTOR KEPT DUMPING OIL IN 5HE THROTTLE. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR BECAUSE IT MAY CATCH ON FIRE DUE TO THE EXTREME OIL LEAK.
TAKAYUKI ENGINE MALFUNCTIONS WHILE IN MOTION ENGINES LIGHT BLINKING
TAKARA RECALL : WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION THE ENGINE WILL SHUT OFF AT RANDOM. WHEN THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF THE CAR IS PULLED ALONG THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND WILL START AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON MULTIPLE, ALMOST CAUSING SERIOUS CRASHES.
LAST WEEK WAS ALMOST IN AN ACCIDENT WHEN MY CAR COMPLETELY TURNED OFF WHILE WAITING AT A LIGHT AT NIGHT. I WAS ALMOST HIT SEVERAL TIMES. LAST YEAR I HAD THE ALTERNATOR REPLACED. THIS TIME I HAD THE CAM SHIFT SENSORS REPLACED. GUESS WHAT? IT HAPPENED ALL OVER AGAIN IN ONE WEEK. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DIE. MY VEHICLE LOST ITS ABILITY TO EVEN HAVE ITS HAZARD BUTTONS ON. MY VEHICLE IS UNDER NO RECALL. HOW CAN THIS COMPANY GET AWAY WITH THIS? CAN THEY AT LEAST TELL US WHAT IS WRONG, SO THAT WE CAN FIX IT?
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND STALLED WITH THE BRAKE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME. THE DEALER (FREEHOLD NISSAN, 4041 U.S. 9 N, FREEHOLD, NJ 07728, (732)-984-9080) WAS CONTACTED, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED TO CALL NHTSA AND FILE A COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 149,000.
I WAS DRIVING MY CAR AND THE ENGINE ACTED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STALL AND WOULDN'T RESPOND BY GIVING IT GAS. THEN IT JUST LURCHED FORWARD ABRUBTLY AND BEGAN TO RUN NORMALLY. THEN AFTER ABOUT 2 MORE BLOCKS WHILE WE'RE GOING 45 MPH IT COMPLETELY STALLED OUT IN THE MIDDLE LANE OF A 3 LANE ROAD. THIS CAUSED THE CAR BEHIND ME TO ALMOST REAREND US BUT THE CARS BEHIND THEM ACTUALLY DID GET INTO A CRASH TRYING TO STOP FROM HITTING THEM. THANKFULLY A POLICE CAR WAS A FEW CARS BACK AND WAS ABLE TO PUT THEIR LIGHTS ON AND PUSH MY CAR OUT OF TRAFFIC BECAUSE WE COULDN'T EVEN GET OUT OF THE CAR WITH CARS WHIZZING PAST US ON BOTH SIDES. THANK GOD OR WE COULD'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN A MULTIPLE CAR CRASH AND ONE OF US COULD HAVE GOTTEN HURT. THIS HAPPENED ON 07/13/18. I PAID ABOUT $600 TO REPLACE THE ALTERNATOR AND FIX SOMETHING IN THE COOLING SYSTEM. NOW IT IS ONLY A MONTH LATER, 08/15/18, AND IT'S DONE IT AGAIN. IT STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF A CONSTRUCTION ZONE DRIVING 35MPH WHILE TAKING MY CHILD TO SCHOOL CAUSING TRAFFIC TO BACK UP. THE CARS WERE DRIVING THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION CONES/SIGNS TO OUR RIGHT ILLEGALLY OR THEY WERE DRIVING DOWN THE SHARED TURN LANE ON OUR LEFT TO GET AROUND ME. ABOUT 200 CARS DROVE PAST US WITHOUT BOTHERING TO OFFER HELP AND EVEN AFTER CALLING 911 FOR HELP, IT TOOK THEM ALMOST AN HOUR TO SHOW UP AND ONCE AGAIN HAD TO PUSH US OFF THE ROAD TO SAFETY. THIS IS CREATING A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN. I SAW RECALL 09V169000 FOR SIMILAR OR SAME ISSUE FOR MY MODEL/YEAR BUT WHEN I LOOK UP MY VIN IT SAYS I HAVE NO RECALLS. I HAD SPENT ALMOST $1300 ABOUT 3-4 YRS AGO TO FIX THIS VERY SAME "STALLING WHILE DRIVING" ISSUE AND THOUGHT I WAS PAST ALL THIS. NOW I'M BACK TO SQUARE 1 AND ISSUE STILL EXISTS! WHY IS THIS NISSAN MURANO FLAW NOT COVERED FOR ALL MURANO'S WITH THIS PROBLEM? PEASE RESEARCH MY VIN# AND SEE IF IT CAN BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL BEFORE ONE OF US GETS SERIOUSLY HURT?
VEHICLE SHUT-OFF WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING ON THE ROADS AND FREEWAY. HAD TO IMMEDIATELY PUT NEUTRAL RESTART ENGINE SEVERAL TIMES. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP IN BELLEVUE NE AND THEY ONLY REPLACED THE DUCT VENT TUBE FROM THE AIR FILTER. I HAD MENTIONED THAT IT HAS A CODE ON ODB2 SCANNER CAM SENSOR AND THEY DON'T HAVE A RECALL FOR IT. PLEASE NEED A SAFE CAR FOR ME AND MY FAMILY.
SEVERAL TIMES WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREETS THE CAR WOULD SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY, WITH NO WARNING HAD TO GET TOWED. WHILE IN DRIVE-THROUGH CAR SHUT DOWN BUT A DELAY THEN RESTARTED. BOUGHT NEW BATTERY, ALTERNATOR AND GOT A TUNE-UP. CURRENTLY THE CAR WILL NOT GO IN BACKWARDS.
CAR STALLS WHEN DRIVING
AIR INTAKE HOSE BECOMES LOSE CAUSING CAR TO STALL IN TRAFFIC AND STOP. FREQUENT JUMPSTARTS NECESSARY WHEN IT BECOMES LOOSE.
RECALL ON ENGINE RESONATOR ISS AND AIRDUCT INTAKE. ENGINE STALLING ON HIGHWAY. ENGINE SHAKES SOMETIMES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 8 MPH, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A SIMILAR FAILURE IN THE PAST YEAR AND IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 170,000. UPDATED 04/06/17 LJ *CN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE FELT SLUGGISH AS IF IT WOULD STALL. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 155,000.
THIS COMPLAINT RELATES TO A CLOSED RECALL FOR THE 2005 NISSAN MURANO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 05V3190. TWO MONTHS WITH THE VEHICLE AND I HAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, WHERE THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND DRIVE-ABILITY, BRINGING MY PASSENGERS AND MYSELF TO A HARMS WAY. I CONTRACTED AAMCO TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION, ONE MONTH LATER, NISSAN USA HAD TO PROVIDE ANOTHER TRANSMISSION TO REPLACE THE ONE CHANGED ONE MONTH BEFORE. LAST MONDAY, JULY 06, 2015, WHILE DRIVING ON THE NEW JERSEY GARDEN STATE PARKWAY, THE VEHICLE PRESENTED SERIOUS TROUBLE, WHEN THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, AWD AND ABS WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON, AS THE VEHICLE LOST SPEED, TRANSMISSION DISENGAGED, PUTTING MY WIFE, MYSELF AND OTHER VEHICLES AROUND US IN SERIOUS RISK OF ACCIDENT. I MANAGED TO PULL THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOULDER AND LATER TO A NEAR BY FRIEND`S HOUSE IN THE GALLOWAY AREA. AFTER CONTACTING NISSAN USA REGARDING THE TRANSMISSION, THEY TOLD ME TO CONTACT AAMCO, SINCE THEY INSTALLED THE NEW TRANSMISSION. AAMCO CHECKED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND OUT THAT, THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY THE ALTERNATOR THAT HEATED UP, DROPPED VOLTAGE TO 12V DC AND CAUSED THE SAFE MODE TO ENGAGE, BY MAKING THE VEHICLE UNSAFE ON THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. NISSAN USA CLAIMS THAT THIS NHTSA CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN CLOSED, WHEN IT IS TO MY BELIEVE THAT, IT SHOULD BE RE-OPENED AND NOT ONLY ME, BUT ALSO MANY OTHER NISSAN MURANO OWNERS, THAT STILL CONFRONT SUCH FACTORY DEFECTIVE ISSUES TO HAVE THIS ISSUE RESOLVED. I WAS LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO ACT FAST ENOUGH AND BRING MY VEHICLE TO SAFES WAY, WOULD ALL OTHERS BE SO LUCKY?
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE AND OIL WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE LEFT AND RIGHT CAM SHAFT POSITION SENSORS AND THE ENGINE CRANK SHAFT POSITION SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS MADE AWARE OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 03V455000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 128,000.
THE ENGINE STRUGGLES TO START ON A NISSAN MURANO 2005. THE MECHANIC CLAIMS THE CRANK ENGINE SENSOR IS AT FAULT. THE NISSAN DEALER SAID THE PART IS MADE OF PLASTIC AND KNOWN TO WEAR OUT. NISSAN HAS FIXED THE PROBLEM FOR NEWER CARS BY CHANGING THE MATERIAL THAT IS USED. IF NISSAN IS AWARE THIS PROBLEM EXISTS, SHOULDN'T THIS BE A RECALL? THE MECHANIC WARNED ME THE ENGINE COULD FAIL WHILE DRIVING. USERS ON ONLINE FORUMS HAVE INDICATED HAVING THE CAR FAIL WHILE DRIVING WHETHER IT'S AT HIGH SPEEDS OR ON LOCAL ROADS. *TR
THE HEAT DOES NOT COME ON, EVEN AFTER THE ENGINE TEMPERATURE HAS REACHED FULL OPERATIONAL TEMPERATURE. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED AFTER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THE INTAKE AIR DUCT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE VEHICLE AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE 105,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AS THE BRAKE LIGHT AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,000.
I'VE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR EVERY MONTH SINCE I BOUGHT IT IN 2011 FROM ARROW MOTORS INC, 2225 WAKELING ST PHILA PA 19137. THE NEVER DISCLOSE TO ME OF THE ISSUES. IF THEY RAN A CAR FAX I WOULD HAVE KNOW. IT WASN'T UNTIL RECENTLY WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO SELL THE CAR AND WAS INFORMED THROUGH CAR FAX THAT IT WAS IN 5 ACCIDENTS. IF I HAD KNOWN THIS I WOULD HAVE NEVER BOUGHT THE CAR. THIS IS COMPLETELY UNJUST. *TR
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